License-tag support.



C. D. DE VORE HCENSE TAG SUPPORT.

APPUCAHON FHED MAY3,I91Z

Lwfiwo Emma em. 28, 1915.

i I; WITNESSES ldih litli CHARLES D. DE VORE, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. ASSIGNOR TO JOHN C. VOGEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LICENSE-TAG SUPPORT.

Application filed May 3,1912.

To r/l! 11:11am it may concern:

lie it known that l, (hrunacs D. De Voiua a citizen ol the llnited Stzites, residing in the cit-V and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful liicense l ag Support, of which the following is a specilieatitm.

This invention relates tosupports or brackets for number tags or license plates and has for an object to provide a supporting device which ma be lixedly secured to a vehicle in a detaelnuae manner, havingparticular reference to'attaching the same to the front or rear axle or like part whereby the number mav readily be seen from either end of the vehicle, and yet the support and tag be in a position. where it will not. in any way i interfere with the working parts of the niaflO chine or with the operator in cranking or the like.

In brackets or supports for license tags heretofore constructed it has been customary to detachably secure the tag tolts support by a plurality of fastening devices which it is necessary to disassemble in order to substitute one tag for another. Such construe tions have proven exceedingly troublesome and annoying to the operator as it is a frequent occurrence for some part of the fastening device to drop to the road in the process of changing the tags, or tobecoinc lost thereby causing vexatious delays in what should be a. simple interchange of parts. Flllilllfil'lllfllQ.Wltll a plurality of such fastening devi es the vibration otthe vehicle in its travei""causes the said devices to become loose, disconnected and disassembled resulting in the loss of the tag.

In my present invention I have devised a complete unitary structure wherein such disadvantages are overcome, and by means of a single fastening device, the parts of which cannot be disconnected, I have provided an attachment for tags which can. be operated by one hand if desired, thus permitting the substitution of one tag for another in a minimum of time and which also secures the parts in a fixed and stable manner.

lit further consists of other novel features of m'mstruction, all as will he hereinafter fully set forth.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention 1 have shown in the accompanying Specifica ion. of Letters Patent.

Patented. Sept. 28, ill l5.

Serial no. 694,975. b

drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since te same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be iunlerstood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized. and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrunlentalities as herein shown and described except as defined by the claims.

Referring to the drawings:l igure 1 represents a. perspective of a tag support embodying my invention. a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 represents a section on line a of Fig. 1. Fig. it represents an elevation of a. portion of the tag carrier. Fig. 5 represents a perspective of a modified form of the invention for use in connection witl a bracket support.

Similar numerals of reference indicate correspoinling parts in the figures.

1 designates a barforming one member of a clamping element of which the link 2 forms a co-acting member through the mc dium of bolts 3 and l, the former, of which. is preferably a separate member adapted to pass'tln'ough the slot 5. formed by the-bifurcated end 6 of the bar 1, and the slot 7 of the link 2, while the latter, 4, as here shown is formed integral. with the bar 1 and angularly disposed with respe t thereto and passes through a suitable opening 8 in the link 2. It will or". course be understood that the usual nuts 9 and Washers 10 are provided to properly clamp and adjust the parts in position.

11 designates a fixed support which may bean axle or other part of the vehicle, and in the present instance, it is illustrated circular in cross section, while the bar 1 and link 2 are each provided with a recess 12 of suitable" contour to conform to the outer surface of the said support 11. In order to prevent relative movement between the said support and the clamping member, the recesses 12 are preferably roughened or serratedto form a suitable gripping surface. It will further be noted that the clamping elements are equally Well adapted for engaging a support which is square in cross section, in which case the recesses 12 of course have no function.

device to fixedly secure the license plate 18 thereto. This carrier 13 is preferably per-.

manentlv secured to the license tag or plate and is adapted to be removed from the support with the tag, though it may be desired, in some instances, to attach this carrier to another tag, and with this in view I have.

referred to make use. of the removable iJllOltS 17. Thus it will be understood in the c'tical operation of my invention each i tag 'or license plate will hzive attached thereto a carrier 13 as described. It will. further be apparent that the arms 15 may be provided with a slot 16 of any length desired to bring the bolts 17 into proper position .relative to the openings in the tag, but in the present drawings 1 have shown the slots as entending substantially the full length in order that the carrier may adapt itself to tagshaving openings spaced at different intervals.

19 designates a lug preferably formed integral with the body portion 14 of the carrier 13 and adapted to seat within the slot 5 and abut the walls of this opening in order to maintain the carrier 13 accurately at the proper angle with respect to the bar 1 which forms its support.

20 designates a bolt, adapted to pass betweenthe bifurcationsbf the bar 1, having a squared portion 2l thereon closely fitting the'opening 5 to prevent turning movement and terminating in an enlarged or upset end 22 which maintains the thumb nut 23 or equivalent locking member permanently attached to the said bolt 20. The body portion 14: is provided with an opening 2% through which the bolt 20 passes, and when the parts are in assembled position on the bar 1 with the thumb nut 23 tightly clamped, a lock nut preferably of the split ring type 25 locks the parts together and prevents them from jarring loose under vibration. As a further means to secure the carrier 13 fixedly to the bar 1, I preferably provide a toothed or serrated surface 26 on the said bar which is adapted to engage or mcsh'with projections 27 on the body portion H.

it will now be apparent that I have provided an effective cla'n'iping device which forms av fixed support for a tag carrier and to which the latter element is detachably secured through the medium of a single fastening device, the operable portions of which are outwardly disposed 'l'or' convenient manipulation as desired, and furthermore said device is not adapted for separation of its parts and it does not re integral. with the arm amass? quire disassembling to unite the tag carrier to its support. It will readily be seen that turning of the thumb screw loosens the bolt 20 and permits the carrier 13 with its.

attached tag to be bodily removed from the supporting bar 1..

In Fig. 5 l have shown a modification wherein the carrier 13 is adapted to be supported from 'a bracket 28 which is fixed to the vehicle and in. order to effect the desired end, I have provided an arm 29 having an angularly disposed extension 30 and terminating in a bifurcated end 31 similar in all respects to that portion of the bar 1 already described to which the carrier is detachably secured, and it is therefore thought unnecessary to repeat, the detailed description of this part, though it will be noted that the ends 31 are preferablyoflset with respect to the extension 30 to form a shoulder 32 upon which the rarrier 13 is adapted to seat.

designates a. head preferably formed 29 and having a plurality of openings 3% and transversely and vertically disposed, one of which is adapted to receive a rectangular bracket, while the other is adapted to receive a cylindrical bracket, either bracket being fixed in position through the medium of set screws 36 and 37 operatively arranged with respect to each opening.

38 designates a post preferably formed in tegral with the arm 29 and forming a support for a suitable lamp or the like, and in is located on theopposite side of the openings 3d and 35 from the extension 30 so that the weight may be properly balanced and distributed.

It will now be a tparent that I have de-- vised i complete unitary supporting device, by means of which a license tag or plate may be detachably secured in place, and while held in assembled condition becomes substantially an integral part of the supporting device, yet can be quickly and readily removed and another plate substituted in its place. Furthermore, it is not necessary to disassemble the fastening device portion of the structure inorder to effect the desired end wherebythe danger of losingor dropping parts of the device is eliminated.

It will now be apparent thatlhave devised a novel and useful construction of a license tag support which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to givesatisfactory and reliable results,- it is to be understood that the' same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as claimed or sacrificing any of is: ailvsnteges.

' Having time described my invenfizion, What I claim as new and desire is secure icy Lei;- ters' Patent, isz- L In a device of the cliaraeztcr siateil, sire combination of ecarrier adapieci to have 2, license tag'aflixeii thereto, said carrier comprising a body portion, a log on said body extending rea-i'werdiy therefrom, with. a bar having a vertical slot extcniiing theretliroiigh in which the lug is seated and wiih the well of wnich. the lug engages to preventtli'rning of the body, a fastening device sliduble in said slot anal engaging the body and the bar for detach-ably securing the parts together, whereby the boy portion and tag may be adjusted and locked in the different positions, and means to silpport the bar in operative position.

2. Ins device of she chin-acts stated, a carrier adapted to be some to a license keg, said carrier comprising a body portion hav ing an'openingtheretin'ougli, :1 log on said body portion, wiiil a, bifurcated bar adapted to receive said log, a fastening device pass ing-through said opening and iletuciialoly securing said body portion to said; bar and.

means to support said her in opersihive position.

3. In a device of'tloe cherscser steited, the comliineiion of s-cerrier adopted to be efi'ixed a, license tag, said carrier comprising a body ior'cion having an opening there through, a log on soiii. body ,oorsion, festening device acijustebly mounted in said opening, s bifurcated bar adapted to engage said fastening device and saicl lug, a rough; ened surface onsaicl bar, means on said body portion (meeting with said roughened surface, and means to support said bar in operative position.

4:. In a device of She character stated, a carrier adapted lo be :ifiixeii to e license tag, said carrier comprising a body portion having .2111 opening therethrough, an adjustable fasiening device permanently located in said opening an urn: having a slot adapted to receive said fastening device, means to prevent turning movement between said carrier and said arm, and means to secure said arm to a suitable support.

' CHARLES D. DE VORE.

Witnesses OSCAR JV. Somies'rnn, JOSEPH Bresouim. 

